Siheyuan: What bad intentions could a veterinarian like me have?

Chapter 17 My eyes are rulers

"Li Xiangdong, did you discover something? When did this happen? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Hearing Li Xiangdong's casual remark, Xu Huizhen immediately stood up, her bright and beautiful face was covered with frost, and she was very angry.

But Li Xiangdong knew that this was not directed at him, but at Zhao Rong's husband Wang Li.

Thinking of the injuries of Zhao Rong that he had accidentally seen while eating breakfast in the morning, Li Xiangdong showed a rare displeasure, "To be honest with you, Sister Huizhen, when I saw Sister Zhao this morning, I knew she was injured. After a closer look, I did see new wounds under her neck and on her covered wrists..."

"Are you sure these are all new injuries?" Xu Huizhen asked in a cold voice.

Li Xiangdong wrapped the old donkey's feet with cotton cloth and tied them up carefully with nylon tie. Seeing that the donkey's feet had been treated, he left the donkey shed and nodded, "It's a new injury. My eyes are the ruler!"

"You are so good, Wang Li. Last time Zhao Rong tried to stop me, I couldn't confront him face to face. I didn't expect him to go even further! He even dared to hit Zhao Rong. I am so angry!" Xu Huizhen turned around and left. After walking two steps, she turned around and saw the stunned Li Xiangdong. She slapped her head and said, "Look at my personality. You just wait!"

After saying that, she covered her arm and ran away in a hurry.

Li Xiangdong smiled and shook his head, pulled out a few stacks of hay from the straw shed, waded into the stone mortar in the donkey shed, and fed the old donkey. As soon as he finished, Xu Huizhen came back with a pile of banknotes in her hand.

"Here, the consultation fee!"

Before he could react, Li Xiangdong felt the heavy weight. He looked down and saw that the consultation fee contained not only a one-yuan note, but also several grain coupons worth two kilograms. He quickly stuffed them back into his pocket and said, "Sister Huizhen, what are you doing? I eat your food and drink your drinks, why are you giving me money? What's the point of the consultation fee between us..."

"fart!"

Xu Huizhen was also a heroine. She patted Li Xiangdong on the head and said mischievously, "Don't play that trick on me. Brothers should settle accounts clearly! Just take it honestly!"

"If I were to take it, I couldn't take these. It's against the rules! Besides, 40 cents would be enough to deal with this old donkey. You're giving me both money and tickets, and you're giving me so much. What kind of precious horse am I treating?" Li Xiangdong was unwilling to accept a favor and quickly declined.

He knew that Xu Huizhen was deliberately using the excuse of curing the old donkey to help him.

But it's okay once or twice, but if it happens again and again, all your gold and silver will be gone.

Xu Huizhen's family is not a wealthy and powerful family.

"Just take it when I tell you to. Why are you wasting time? Just take it and I won't treat you as my sister!" Xu Huizhen became anxious when she saw that he insisted, and her tone immediately became rough.

But she was anxious, and Li Xiangdong was even more anxious than her.

"I won't take it! Sister Huizhen, I know what you mean! But I can support myself now. If you really want to do good for me, you should let me earn it by myself!" Li Xiangdong shook off her hand and turned his head away angrily.

Xu Huizhen was startled, and took a deep look at the handsome and elegant young man in front of her, as if she was meeting him for the first time. Her tone suddenly softened, her eyes flickered, and she said, "Okay, then I'll save it for you, and you can use it when you get married in the future!"

After she finished speaking, she seemed to remember something, and she cried out, pulling Li Xiangdong forward, "Let's not talk about this for now, let's go find Zhao Rong!"

The two hurried to the tavern, went out and walked around to the next door, where they happened to meet Zhao Rong who had come back from outside and was carrying vegetables for lunch to the kitchen.

"Huizhen, Xiangdong? Why are you here together?" Zhao Rong was surprised and quickly arranged for the two to sit down. Li Xiangdong sighed slightly and touched his nose. He knew Xu Huizhen's personality very well. She was really a person who could not tolerate even a grain of sand in her eyes. I'm afraid that Zhao Rong could fool her last time, but this time she would not be so easy to forgive her husband after learning about this.

Zhao Rong poured tea for the two of them carelessly, and moved all the things into the back kitchen. She wiped her hands and smiled as she came out of the kitchen. She wiped the sweat off her face while swiftly wiping the bench, saying, "It's already noon, people will start coming in soon, I have to check the hygiene again quickly, Huizhen and Xiangdong, you two sit down first, I'll prepare a pot of steamed buns for you two later!"

"Do you think I'm here to eat?" Unexpectedly, Xu Huizhen, who had been staring at her, crossed her legs without any courtesy and stared at her with narrowed eyes.

Hearing these slightly impolite words, Zhao Rong was stunned, smiled awkwardly, and said awkwardly: "Huizhen, what do you mean by this? Aren't you here to eat?"

Xu Huizhen smiled coldly, stood up, stepped over, grabbed Zhao Rong's collar and pulled her up, revealing her snow-white neck. She pointed at the scars under her neck and asked, "Zhao Rong, what is this? Tell me honestly, did your husband Wang Li beat you again? What did you tell me last time? You told me in person that he would not beat you, so what is this? Explain it to me."

Zhao Rong's face changed, and she glanced in the direction of the kitchen in panic, fearing that someone had heard her. She pulled Xu Huizhen in panic and begged, "Huizhen, Huizhen, listen to me, nothing happened..."

"No?" Xu Huizhen immediately grabbed her hands and quickly rolled up her sleeves, only to see the red marks on her yellow wrists. "Then tell me what this is? If this isn't what he beat her with, then what is this? Zhao Rong, do you think I'm a fool?"

"Huizhen!" Zhao Rong's eyes suddenly became flustered. She quickly grabbed Xu Huizhen's hand, tears welling up in her eyes. "Really? He didn't hit me. Really? Come out, come out, let's talk outside!"

Sister Zhao was probably afraid that what was happening at home would be known by her coworkers, so her face changed drastically and she pulled Xu Huizhen towards the door beggingly.

The extremely angry Xu Huizhen had already been touched by the shocking scars on Zhao Rong's neck and wrists. Her emotions were already high. Seeing Zhao Rong's conciliatory attitude, she became even angrier. Just as she was about to explode, her wrist was firmly grasped by a hand.

"Get out!"

Li Xiangdong's gentle words rang in his ears, as if they had amazing magic.

Xu Huizhen looked back and saw Li Xiangdong's calm eyes. She seemed to have gained confidence in her heart and generated a courage to brave any danger. She nodded as if possessed by a spirit and followed Zhao Rong outside.

"What's going on?" Xu Huizhen asked as soon as she went out.

"Huizhen, Xiangdong!" Zhao Rong burst into tears, tightly holding Xu Huizhen's hand, crying, "It's really okay! Wang Li never hit me, I fell down by myself! Really!"

"Sister Zhao! Zhao Rong!" Xu Huizhen said in a stern voice, extremely disappointed: "You are already in such a state, and you are still speaking for that unfaithful man? What's wrong with you? What era is this? Do you still believe in the feudal society? If you don't explain it to me clearly today, I will come to that boy to settle the score!"

"No, no, it's really okay, I'm fine, I've already told you I fell by myself! Huizhen, don't take it to heart, I'm fine, really!" Zhao Rong was afraid of being seen by passers-by, so she turned around and wiped away her tears silently.

But Li Xiangdong saw that there seemed to be some unspeakable secret hidden behind those strong eyes.

"You won't say anything, right? Okay, Zhao Rong, although this is your family affair, as your sister and your shopkeeper, I will not watch this kind of domestic violence happen to you! We are already women of the new era! I won't let you endure this kind of life that is not a human life! Xiangdong, go ask Sister Zhao for leave and come with me to the Wang family!"

Zhao Rong's face suddenly changed, and she was so anxious that tears and snot flowed out. She hurriedly said, "Huizhen, please, don't go. I'm really fine!"

Xu Huizhen held her hand and spoke slowly, "Zhao Rong, when you were cleaning just now, I saw you in a trance. Do you really have to wait until you are beaten to death in front of me before I take care of this? It's useless for you to say anything today. I will take care of it. Let's go!"

(End of this chapter)